Changeable-picture frame



`s. PARDA CHANGEABLE PICTURE FRAME Filed oct. 2v. 1925 sept, 28 1926.

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Patented Sept. 28, 1926.

UNITED STATES STANLEY PARDA, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

cHANGEABLE-:erc'rnnn FRAME.

Application filed October 27, 1925.

Y My present invention pertains to picture frames, and it has for one of its objects to provide a changeable picture frame-v-i. e., a picture frame constructed and arranged in such manner that it is adapted to contain a number of pictures, the subjects of the pictures being varied in the discretion of the manufacturer or merchant marketing the frame, and the pictures being shiftable so thatany desired picture may be displayed.

Another object ofthe invention is the provision of a picture frame which by Avirtue of its construction is dust proof.

Another object of the invention is the provision in a picture frame of simple andv Vefficient means for the holding of a plurality of pictures in such a manner that while there is no liability Whatever of accidental displacement yet when desired any one of the plurality of pictures may be opposed to the glass 0f the frame for display therethrough.

To the attainment of the foregoing, theinvention consists in the improvement as hereinafter described and definitelyl claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification Figure 1 is a front elevation vshowing av picture frame constructed in 'accordance with my invention and as hung in conven tional manner. Y

,Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical section of the upper portion of the frame, the vsame being shown as closed.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary vertical section Y showing the lower portion of the frame.

vFigure 4 is a detail rear' elevation showing a portion of the rear of the picture frame to make clear the preferred fastener complementary thereto. Y

Figure 5 is an enlarged perspective showing the means for detachably holding a plurality of pictures in Vtablet form. Figure 6 is a perspective showingv one ofthe pictures that I prefer to employ.

' Similar ynumerals of reference designate corresponding partsin all of the views of the drawings.

The main frame 1 of the improvement is rabbeted. as decimated' by 2 in its face, and. apro'vded wit, a .rib the latter being Serial No. 65,168.

and it is arranged in a rabbet 7 of frame 5, Y

and is preferably secured-to frame 5 by an open frame 8 and screws 9, as shown. For the fastening of the frame 5 in closed position without detracting in any measure from the inished appearance of the front of the picture, I provide the fastening means clearly shown in Figures 3 and 4. The said means comprises an eye 10, connected at 11 to the glass carrying frame 5,` and extend- Y ing through an aperture 12 in the main Said fastener also comprisesk av frame 1. hook `13, pivotedat 14 on the back of the main frame 1. Whendeemed expedient a wear plate 15 may be provided on the vback of the main frame 1, about the aperture 12, f

and in opposed relation to the hook 13 so as to prevent the latter from marring the back of the frame 1. I would also have it here understood that in the preferred embodiment of my invention a plurality of fas` teners such as described will be employed. The back of the vspace 20 in the main frame 1 may be closed in any mannercom patible with the purpose of my invention, a plate"21 being shown for said purpose, and

saidrplate21 being connected at 22 to the back ofthe main frame 1.

A plurality of pictures 23 is shown in the space 20 of the main frame 1. In the preferred embodiment of my invention each ofrthe said pictures 231is provided at its back with a sheet 24, of blotting paper, the said sheet 24 being appropriately attached to the picture 23 along the upper edges of the two, and the two thicknesses having apertures 25.

It will be readily understood fromthe drawings `that I preferA vpractice to em-i ploy a p uralit'y of devices m the space 20 loo for the retention of the plurality of pictures in a compact tablet form. One of the said devices is clearly shown in Figures 2 and 5, and a detailed description of said device will suffice to impart a definite .understanding of all of the devices employed. By particular reference to Figure 2, it will be noted that a keeper 26 is connected at 27 to the top wall'of the space 20; also, that said keeper 26 is by preference fopen -at its opposite ends. In association with the said keeper 26 I employ la holder 28, preferably of metal, which includes an arm 29 for insertion into ythe :keeper 26 lfrom the front vvhen the glass carrying frame .5 is open, a vertically disposed bod-y portion 29X, and a lower arm30, said arm 30 having an eye 31,

Y design-ed after the arm 30 is passed through one of the apertures 25 of the pictures 23, .to receive a pin 32, best shown in Figure 5. The saidpin 32 is preferablyv -provided with a stop 33 Figure 5,=to limit the-movement of the pin in the .eye 31, land the pin is `also provided with an arm 34 adapted in Jche use of the pin as shown in Figure 5 to rest against the upper edges of the plurality of pictures shown.

As .will be apparent from the foregoing my improvement Alends itselfl to the display of a plurality of pictures in succession, all of the pictures, however, being preserved in a dust proof lcontainer during all of the time that the foremost picture is displayed through the glass 6. I/Vhen it is desired to present a fresh picture to the glass 6, it is simply necessary for a person in authority to unfasten and open the frame 5, and then withdraw the packet of pictures and the holders from the frame l. IVith this done, the pins 32 are withdrawn, and the pictures are removed from the holders and the pictures are manipulated so as to place foremost the picture desired, after which the holders are again connected and fastened to the plurality of pictures, and the pictures and holders are replaced in the frame l and the glass carrying frame 5 is closed whereupon the picture will present the appearance shown in Figure l, and hence will not differ in appearance from an ordinary picture, many ordinary pictures having hinges l0 similar to those Which I employ, by preference, for the hinge connection of theglass carrying frame 5 to the main frame l.

In practice, seasonal pictures vmay be employed in my improvement, and on the arrival of a particular season a picture appropriate to the season may be displayed, Again if' the plurality of pictures includes the pictures of men famous in the history of the country, changes'may be made for the display of the picture of each pat-riot or sltatesman on or shortly before his birth- Cay.

Notwithstanding the capacity of function ascribed to my novel picture frame, and the practical advantages of the said frame in general, it will be appreciated that the construction-of the frame as a whole is inexponsive,'and is free ofV delicate part-s such as ,are likely to get out of order after short period of use.

An important v`factor of my invention resides in `the yfact that notwithstanding the changeable character of my improvement,

the improvement aside from the plurality `self to the specific structure disolosed,'my

invention :being defined by my subjoined kclaims with-in the scope of which changes in structure and :in relative' Aarrangement :of parts may be 'made without departure from my invention.

I-Iavin'g described my i-nvention,'what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

I. A ,picture frame comprising 'a main frame `having an opening vand also having in its face about said opening a rabbet, a glass carrying frame hingedly connected to the main frame and moved into and out of said rabbet, said main frame and glass carrying frame also having opposed beveled surfaces, means in the said rabbets for breaking joints between the main frame and the glass carrying frame, fastening means on the glass carrying frame and extending through the main frame to the back of the latter, and means on the vback of the main frame for cooperating with said fastening means and detachably holding the glass carrying frame in the rabbet of the main frame.

2. In combination, a frame, a keeper carried by the frame, a plurality of apertured pictures, and a holder for detachably retaining said pictures; said holder having means yfor its detachable connection to said keeper and also having an apertured arm extending throughthe apertures of the pictures and a pin extending through the said aperture of the armand having an langularly disposed portion opposedto edges of the pictures.

3. A changeable picture frame comprising an open main frame closed at one side, a movable glass carrying fram-e connected with the main frame atthe opposite s'ide thereofa plurality of apertured pictures, one in front of the other removably arranged isn the main frame and back of the glass carrying frame, and means in the main lll) frame for detachably connecting the pictures pins disposed in the apertures of said arms therewith and suspending the pictures in the and at the back of the pictures and having 10 main Jrameysaid means comprising keepers angular portions superposed on edges 0f in the main frame and carried by the upper some of the pictures.

part thereof, devices having arms for de- In testimony whereof I aiX my signatachahle connection with said keepers and ture.

also having apertured arms removably arranged in the apertures of the pictures, and Y STANLEY PARDA. 

